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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Every Ugly Word by Aimee L. Salter helps launch new Imprint!

Hey Friends! So, you might remember last year, I raved about a self-published YA contemporary novel I loved called Breakable by Aimee Salter. You can check out my previous review here. Well, I'm super excited to help Aimee announce that her book has been picked up by a publisher and is now called Every Ugly Word (a fantastic new title)! In fact, her book is helping to launch an entirely new imprint! You can check out the press release below!

Today, Amazon Publishing
and Alloy Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Television Group, announced
a digital-first imprint that will focus on young adult, new adult and
commercial fiction.

The new imprint, named Alloy Entertainment, will be
part of Amazon Publishing’s Powered by Amazon program. Powered by Amazon
enables publishers and authors to leverage Amazon’s global distribution and
personalized, targeted marketing reach.

Alloy Entertainment, a division of the Warner Bros. Television Group,
develops and produces original novels, television series and feature
films.All titles in the new Alloy
imprint will have the advantage of being part of group that aggressively
supports and promotes its properties.

In fact, more than 75 of AE’s books have been on The New York Times bestseller list, including The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl, Sisterhood of
the Traveling Pants, The Luxe, Veronica Mars: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line,
and The 100.

Every Ugly Word will be one of the first of three titles to be released under the
newly launched imprint.

Alloy Entertainment will
also look for opportunities to develop acquired titles as television series,
feature films, and digital entertainment.

Every Ugly Word follows
17 year old Ashley
who is relentlessly bullied at her high school and by her own mother, and his
helplessly in love with her best friend, Matt, who is bullied by his father.

She seeks
help by looking to her future self, “Older Me” who supports her through it all
and teaches her to love herself. But is she really seeking “Older Me” or is she
looking within herself for the answers?

When
Ashley looks in the mirror she can see and talk to her future self. “Older Me”
has been her support system through her relentless tormentor’s bullying, her
unstable mother at home, and her forlorn love for her longtime best friend. But
when Ashley discovers “Older Me’s” betrayal, she is targeted in the worst way
and impends her last chance with Matt. She’s done with hearing every ugly word.

About the Author

Aimee L. Salter writes
novels for teens and the occasional adult who, like herself, is still in touch
with their inner-high schooler. She never stopped appreciating those moments in
the dark when you say what you're really thinking. And she'll always ask you
about the things you wish she wouldn't ask you about.

"A gripping
story about a teen facing her demons with twists you won't see coming,Every Ugly Wordis a chilling and heartbreaking debut
with raw emotion searing every page. I couldn't put it down."­

--
Katie Sise, author ofThe
Boyfriend App.

"Every Ugly Wordis a
punch to the gut from chapter one. The tension and mystery build through every
page to an inevitable showdown that left me breathless. With a splintered
protagonist you can't help but root for, you'll battle through the worst of
humanity's ugliness to emerge at the end dirty and broken and full of
hope."